Plow wheel



Sept. 18, 1928. 1,684,833 I i F. E. KONELL PLOW WHEEL Filed Oct. 10, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 1' Sefit. 18, 1928. 1,684,833 F. E. KONELL PLOW WHEEL Filed Oct. 10," 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Sept. 18, 1928.

UNITED STATES FRED 11 KONELL, or WAGNER, WISCONSIN.

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Application filed October 10, 1927. Serial No. 225,227.

This invention relates to plow wheels.

Objects of this invention are to provide a novel form of plow wheel construction with which it is not necessary to discard the entire structure when a new wheel is required, but instead in which the new wheel or the bushing thereof or wearing parts, may be renewed without discarding other portions of the apparatus and also without requiring a removal of the supporting framework which carries the wheel from the plow.

Further objects are to provide a device having the characteristics enumerated above which is of extremely simple and sturdy con struction, which may bereadily produced by simple processes, and which is very easy to apply- 7 An embodiment of the lnvention is shown in the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the front portion of a plow showing the wheel structure in place;

Figure 2 is a view looking upwardly from beneath the front end of the plow;

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view through the wheel and a portion of the framework;

Figure 4 shows one half of the wheel removed from the remainder of the apparatus.

Referring to the drawings it will be seen that the usual type of plow has been illustrated as provided with a forwardly extending arm 1 adapted to receive the clevis in the usual manner. This arm is provided with a plurality of apertures 2 in its front end, one of which is utilized for the attachment of a diagonal downwardly and rearwardly extending brace 3. This brace joins the vertically adjustable frame 4 which is locked to the arm 1 by means of the curved bolt 5, as shown in Figure 1. The frame 4: and the diagonal brace 3 receive a transversely extending bolt 6 (see Figure 3) which passes through a spacer and bearing sleeve 7, andthrough a pair of washers or lateral spacers 8. The bearing 7 is thus rigidly clamped in place when the bolt is tightened and affords a secure'support for the plow wheel. The plow wheel carries a bushing 9 which is flanged at opposite ends, as indicated at 10.

The bushing is received between a pair of members 11 which are half sections of the plow wheel. These members are clamped together in a manner hereinafter to appear and 5 thus grip the bushing and rotate as a unit with the bushing upon the spindle sleeve 7.

Referring to Figure 4:, it will be seen that the plow wheel half section consists of a fiat peripheral flange provided with a central web 12. This web joins the hub 13 and it is to be noted that the hub is provided with a pair of apertured projections 14. Immediately adjacent the projections 14, apertures 15 are formed in the web 12. These apertures pro vide room for manipulating the bolt heads or nuts hereinafter described. Further, it isto Pat be noted that the web is out out adjacent opposite ends to provide notches 16 and 17. The flange or peripheral portion is extended to form a pro ecting member 18 which is flush with the outer surfaceof the flange and to provide'a projecting member 19 which is in set from-the outer face of the flange to form a shoulder 20. These tongues or projections 18 and 19 are apertured for the reception'of bolts.

in assembling the parts, the spindle sleeve 7 1s posltioned within the bushing 9 and the bolt 6 is slipped through the frame member and through the washers 8 and the spindle sleeve 7 Thereafter, the two half sections of the wheel are positioned, as shown in Figures 1 and 3, about the bushing 9. U-bolts 21 are passed over the projecting portion 22 of one hub member and through the apertures 1n thelugs or projections 14 in the other member andthenuts 23 are tightened. Two of these U-bolts are provided, as indicated in Figure 1. These U-bolts clamp the hub sechome of the wheels tightly upon the bushing 9. In addition to this, bolts 24 are passed through the apertures in the overlapping tongues 18 and 19 and the nuts 25 thereof are received in the apertures formed by the notches 16 and 17. f

It is to be noted that the heads of the bolts 24 are countersunk in the tongues 18, as shown in Figure l.

Renewal of any of the parts of the plow wheel may be very readily made by separating the half sections and replacing the parts desired. It is apparent therefore that in the event that the wheel body itself is worn while the bearings are good that a new wheel body may be substituted for the worn one.

If, on the other hand, the bearingsare worn, it is a simple matter to separate the half sections and withdraw the bolt 6 and replace the worn bushing with a new bushing. It is thus clear that this invention supplies a long felt want in that it provides a very cheap replacement structure which may be substi- 3 which holds the axle of the wheel rigidly in place against displacement when it encounters a hump in the ground or other projecting portion.

It is apparent that the parts may be shipped in a disassembled condition and may be assembled, as required. 7

Although the invention has been described in considerable detail, such description is intended as illustrative rather than limiting as the invention may be variously embodied and as the scope of such invention is to be determined. as claimed.

I claim: I a

1. A plow Wheel construction comprising a bushing, and a split wheel formed of two half sections bolted together and positioned around said bushing, said bushing having integral flanges at opposite sides engaging the side faces of the hub of the wheel.

2. A split wheel comprising two half sections each provided with a hub portion, a

said peripheral portion being extencfed be; yond a dlametrical line on opposite sides to form projecting lugs, one of the projecting lugs being inset, said split wheel having projecting hub portions and having apertured lugs, and U-bolts passing around the projecting hub portion of one section and passing through the apertured lugs of the other section, the means for joining the projecting tongues of the half sections together.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand at Wagner, in

the county of Marinette and State of Wis eon'sin.

FRED E. KoNELL, 

